[quote]eightohfive wrote:
What do ya’ll tell yourselves on the days when lifting seems like the last thing you wanna do?[/quote]
I have enough going on in my life where lifting is rarely if ever the “last thing” I want to do.
The older you get, the more “suck” you have to deal with. Even the worst workout on earth is better than life suck by a country mile.
So I don’t have to tell myself anything. The gym is typically one of the better parts of my day.
The only time I will hemm and haw about going is if I’m physically beat up or exhausted.
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This.
I’ve had days where (barring an obvious illness) I get to the gym, warm up and decide I’m done. Or have had days where I’ve done what Stu described and do one exercise for many sets and bug the hell out of there. Or, walk the treadmill…
The consistency though is getting myself there. There is no talking my self out of not going. If I don’t have a day off scheduled or barring something else unforeseen, I’m there. That’s absolute. The saying about getting to the gym is half the battle, is bullshit. You get yourself to the gym and then dig deep, look inward and let your body tell you what your training will be that day.
Let me know what moves you both made so I can avoid them when I reach thirty/fourty something lol[/quote]
The short list:
Career (note: NOT a job, but a career)
House/mortgage
Wife
Kid(s) (adding the “s” multiplies at least 3 times per child)
These things are wonderful, and I am happy with my life. It is just, they take a lot of work. My hobby is pretty fucking easy to get up and go to compared to pregnant wife and teenage son.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Career (note: NOT a job, but a career)
House/mortgage
Wife
Kid(s) (adding the “s” multiplies at least 3 times per child)
These things are wonderful, and I am happy with my life. It is just, they take a lot of work. My hobby is pretty fucking easy to get up and go to compared to pregnant wife and teenage son.
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Right, so got to be happy with my dead end job, live in a “cardboard box”, chose a low maintenance wife, and replace kids with a cat or dog.
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
chose a low maintenance wife, [/quote]
No matter how cool the chick, and no matter how laid back the dude. Marriage is work sometimes, for everyone.
It isn’t easy everyday, but it is worth it, IMO. [/quote]
Yep, my wife and I have just reached the 7 year itch (very young marriage), happy to say still going strong. The first 3 years was difficult, but I guess that’s just an adaptation thing
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
How 'bout this?[/quote]
-good shit
@ SSD, i do like lifting. i love lifting. but at 5 days a week + school + work, somedays my motivation is missing.
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Do you think you’d feel really motivated and “charged” after taking 3-4 days off from training? Let’s say you took a whole week off of lifting (shudders), would you not be itching to get back in the gym to give it 120%?
Likewise, if some weeks you drop the frequency a little bit (not just total weekly volume, but the amount of times the nervous system is “hit”) for some weeks (or maybe more permanently?), drive and intensity increases.
I know that sounds like common sense and all that (lol) but it may just work
Everyone has days when they don’t feel like lifting, no matter how dedicated they may be. It doesn’t mean you should get a new hobby or that you’re a bitch. Like kaisermetal said go in and do your main lift and assess how you feel or take the day off and hit the gym hard the next day. You are training 5 out of 7 days so that leaves two free days to make up a missed workout.
On the other hand, if someone doesn’t feel like training just because it’s leg day instead of biceps, then they would would fall into the bitch category.
